CountryWatch
provides country specific information
on each of the 192 countries
of the world.
CountryWatch also provides Country Wire
Headlines, which gives you up-to-date
breaking news and headlines, as well as
developing stories from around the world.
Also provided are Country Overviews: including
information on such topics as politics,
economics and environmental aspects of
the countries.
If you need up-to-date information and
news on the countries of the world, this
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Take
a look at the starting page down below.
There is a different country highlighted
on the main page everyday. You
may notice that today's featured country
is Cyprus.
To get started, select a country from
the drop-down menu above or from the "World
Regions" menu on the left to sample our
information. When choosing
from the "World Regions" menu, make sure
you select the appropriate continent where
the country of your choice is located.
Not sure what country to research? Try
browsing through the "World Regions" menu
on the left. |
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If
you already know what country you want
to do, CountryWatch makes it very
easy for you. All 192 countries
of the world are listed for you in the
drop down menu. Scroll through
the menu until you find your country and
click on it... Note: Countries are listed
in alphabetical order.
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those of you who want to do a little
research before deciding on a country,
try
browsing through the "World Regions" menu
on the left. |
When
you click on a region, you get an alphabetical
list of all the countries in that region. |
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| Exploring
Your Chosen Country |
Ok,
let's explore the country you have chosen
to research: the country of
Japan. The
first thing to notice are the current
top stories, a map of the country (which
can be enlarged), the name of the capital,
current date and time.
As you can see, you are also given lots
of statistical information including,
but not limited to: population, capital,
languages, currency, holidays, average
daily temperature, and religions. There
are also links to sites about Japan.
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News
Archive / Search engine says there are
17,572 articles about Japan in
the
CountryWatch database. On the
first page, they show you the top 10.
Each additional page also displays
10 articles. You can click for more
by clicking on News Archive/Search Engine,
or do a more direct search. This
will be explained very clearly and comprehensively,
down below, where we discuss the CountryWire
Search Engine.
You can filter the results by month and
year going all the way back to April 2003.
This will allow you to limit your
results to articles from a certain month
and year.
The CountryWire Search
Engine is used to search for articles. Here,
you enter your keywords or title. Make
sure you search in the country of your
choice. You can also determine
how many articles (or documents as CountryWatch
calls them) you want the search engine
to get for you. Here the student
is looking for articles written about
princesses in Japan in the year 2004.
Doing this search resulted in 1 article,
which is shown below. The article
is short and clear, very easy to read
and comprehend. Your keyword,
"Princess" is bolded so that you can find
it in the article easily. At
the bottom of the page, the article offers
a link to a printer friendly version of
the page.
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